7artisans 18MM F6.3 Mark II UFO Lens for M4/3 Mount, APS-C,Prime Lens,Ultra-Thin Compact Mirrorless Cameras for Panasonic GM/GX/G/GH/GF Series for Olympus EPM/EP/EPL/Pen/EM Series

This is not a serious lens, but it's not a toy either. Build quality is great. It's all metal. It mounts securely. The focus ring is smooth and well damped. Optically it's not amazing. It's pretty soft, especially around the edges. There's noticeable vignetting. It washes out shooting bright sky and is prone to odd lens flare. Despite all that, shooting within its limits it produces charming images. Much better than a lomo or disposable lens. At a fixed F6.3 it's limited to daylight or flash photography. It's quickly become my favorite everyday lens for casual photography - it turns any body into a point and shoot. I can't think of any reason not to own one at the price.

Very light, fits well, image quality is good, great lens for the money. The almost flat lens, allows you to put your camera in your pocket.

Fun cheap lens that is probably the most compact lens for 4/3rd made. Center is sharp, edges are reasonable, especially for the price. In case you missed it, this is a FIXED f/6.3 lens you can't adjust. You can focus though the scale is weird as everything past about 1.5m is all almost at the end of the focus range but within 1.5m is 90% of the focus throw. Nice thing is I can set it to almost infinity and everything past 1.5m is in focus. Scale isn't very useful for zone focusing.

Crazy distortion and slow, build quality is solid though. Basically a rehoused lo-fi camera.

I really like this lens! The form factor is perfect, it makes my camera pocketable and as small as a point and shoot. The build quality is great, metal, has some weight to it, and the focus ring turns smoothly. I don’t have any complaints about image quality like some other people. I think as long as you know how to shoot in manual (since there are no auto/electronic features in the lens), your images will be fine. Are they perfectly crisp? No, but I like the way they look for street/casual photography. The colors are good, no chromatic aberration. I’ve attached an unedited side by side example with my good prime lens. This lens is the bottom image. You can see that there’s less contrast, and when I crop way in, the sharpness of text is probably about the equivalent of 3-4 megapixels less. I use a micro 4/3 LUMIX GX85 body, and this lens looks great on it (that Fuji aesthetic we all want, right?)

I was hoping this lens would be a perfect quick fit for travel. It is small and compact and with the functionality of the lens (provided it works correctly) it appeared to hit the spot. Unfortunately, the lens I received didn't last very long, and I never got the chance to use it for travel. This lens has been used 6 times, and for no more than 20 - 30 minutes each time. Now the lens can only focus at the .3 (Smallest focus point) setting, and when trying to move it to the infinite setting the focus ring gets stuck in the middle (between the 2 arrows). So, the focus will now only get about 2 - 3 ft, everything else remains blurry. I was hoping I could fix this myself and reached out to the manufacturer (5 - 6 times) for either direction or assistance. But, regardless of going through Amazon or directly reaching out to the manufacturer email address, there has been no response. So, buy at your own risk. It appears you will either get a good product, or you may not. Just don't expect much regarding support.

Not technically perfect. It's not meant to be. However, I was surprised at the quality of the images. When paired with an Olympus PEN-F or PEN Lite and their art modes, you can get really creative, and the technical shortcomings of this lens are minimized. Highly recommended if you just want to have fun and take a break from serious photography.

Fun and small. What’s the point of using m43 if the lens is huge? Took one star out because it is not really optically awesome.

I got this as a replacement for the Olympus 15mm f8 body cap lens. However the results have been very disappointing. It will focus down to about 1metre but nothing is sharp at any distance. Also get flare if anywhere near the sun.

Es un lente barato que no pesa nada, puesto en una Sony a6600 la hace ver como cualquier point and shoot, ideal para salir a cualquier lugar, no llama la atención. El foco manual es sencillo y la calidad de la óptica es mejor de lo que uno podría esperar siento un cristal tan pequeño, básicamente es un lente para jugar.

Extremely dark and a massive yellow hue ruins the experience. It is useless